Types of Essays
Thesis & Paper Structure
Planning, Etc.
Sentence Errors
Punctuation
100
This type of essay is always written chronologically
What is a process essay
100
This is the part of an essay where, to engage your readers, you might offer a compelling quote or pose a challenging question
What is the opening paragraph
100
The way you advance your thesis depends largely on this
What type of essay you are writing
100
This type of language, though common, is not academic and inappropriate for formal writing
What is slang
100
This is a symbol used to express strong feelings
What is an exclamation point
200
This type of essay explores the denotation, connotation, and sometimes the history of a term
What is an essay of definition
200
This is the part of an essay that offers details in order to support the thesis
What is the middle/body
200
This method of planning is a basic organizational strategy preferred for different forms of writing
What are blueprints
200
This type of error is using more than one tense in the same sentence
What is shift in tense
200
punctuation such as periods or exclamation points belong here when using quotations
What is inside
300
When making an argument or explaining a cause-effect relationship, these should always be avoided.
What are logical fallacies
300
Effective thesis statements should contain a limited topic and ______ focus
What is specific
300
When reading the directions of an assignment, words like "inform" or "reflect" tell you this.
What is your purpose
300
This type of sentence is very long and should be separated into smaller sentences.
What is a run-on sentence
300
This symbol should be used when identifying interrupted speech
What is a dash
400
This is an essay where you make an argument for or against something
What is a persuasive essay
400
Aside from presenting your main point, your thesis statement should also do this
What is establish tone and direction
400
This is one example of how a writer can hint towards the main idea of his/her paper
What is writing the opening and/or stating the thesis
400
This is a confusing sentence error that describes an event without indicating who or what the subject is
What is a dangling modifier
400
this joins two independent clauses to form one sentence
What is a semicolon
500
In this type of essay, the writer takes complicated topics and breaks them down into smaller parts by explaining the distinguishing points of each category.
What is a classification essay
500
In this part of the essay, you can make suggestions linking your topic to a larger context in order to unify and complete the message
What is the conclusion/ending paragraph
500
This is where you visually identify the main topics of each of your paragraphs in the order that they will appear
What is an outline
500
This type of sentence error mixes up the first, second, or third person within the same sentence
What is shift in person
500
In quotations, these are used when a part of the quote has been altered
What is a bracket